Evaluating the Impact on Plastic Pollution in Sri Lanka and Global Perspectives

Anuruddha Heenatigala; M. An; Imasha Rae; Rathnasekara Kady

doi:10.1007/978-981-96-2343-3_23

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Evaluating the Impact on Plastic Pollution in Sri Lanka and Global Perspectives

2025

Anuruddha Heenatigala, M. An, Imasha Rae, Rathnasekara Kady

Summary

This paper evaluated plastic pollution impacts in Sri Lanka and compared them to global trends, assessing how the nation's plastic consumption, waste management gaps, and coastal geography contribute to both local and oceanic microplastic contamination. The Sri Lankan case illustrates how middle-income nations with growing plastic use and limited recycling infrastructure disproportionately contribute to the global microplastic burden affecting human and ecosystem health.

Plastics are synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that consist of organic polymers with high molecular weight. Its also composed of various elements including carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, chlorine, and sulfur and its general chemical formula is (CH2-CHX)n....

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